On Oct 22, 12:38*pm, David Cantrell wrote:
Allegedly the "farce" you mention at Euston is deliberate, in case sets
need to be swapped for whatever reason. If the peak services "always"
departed from the same platforms, then it'd cause even more chaos if
they did need to swap a set out, as they'd have to get all of the
regulars off of the "wrong" platform.

At least that's what I was told by someone who used to work at Euston.

One would think that the same would apply at Victoria then, but trains
there pretty much always leave from the same platform every day.

....as also happens on the commuter platforms at Euston. The general
pattern in London termini seems to be that commuter trains leave from
the same platform whilst intercity trains vary; I'm not sure why this
is.

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